lustful
/ˈlʌst.fəl/
"lustful" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lustful” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #43,765 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #43,765
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Full of lust; driven by lust.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lustful |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈlʌst.fəl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #43,765 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lustful” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for lustful is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈlʌst.fəl/. Corpus data places it at rank #43,765 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Full of lust; driven by lust.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for lustful, with forms such as "llustful", "lsutful", and "lusftul". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English lustful, from Old English lustfull (“desirous, wishful”); equivalent to lust + -ful. Cognate with Dutch lustvol (“lustful, lusty”), German lustvoll (“pleasurable”), Swedish lustfyllt (“pleasurable”), Swedish lustfyllda (“lustful”). The correct English form is lustful, spelled L-U-S-T-F-U-L.
Definition
- 1Full of lust; driven by lust.
Etymology
From Middle English lustful, from Old English lustfull (“desirous, wishful”); equivalent to lust + -ful. Cognate with Dutch lustvol (“lustful, lusty”), German lustvoll (“pleasurable”), Swedish lustfyllt (“pleasurable”), Swedish lustfyllda (“lustful”).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: llustful,lsutful,lusftul,lusstful,lustfful,lustflu,lustfull,lusttful,lustufl,lutsful,ulstful
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lustful - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “lustful”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-U-S-T-F-U-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈlʌst.fəl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.